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« on: May 18, 2011, 10:38:58 PM »
This stone sooooo proves the point.
its not that a diamond with an EGL report is necessarily bad.
I happen to love this stone. Guess what EGL called it.....
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« Reply #1 on: May 18, 2011, 10:58:12 PM »
I'll play...I think that EGL graded it as a fancy light, but it should have been graded as an O-P .   Grin  (am I close?)   
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« Reply #2 on: May 18, 2011, 11:41:35 PM »
Quote from: lovecolor on May 18, 2011, 10:58:12 PM
I'll play...I think that EGL graded it as a fancy light, but it should have been graded as an O-P .   Grin  (am I close?)   

I was thinking the same thing...they called it "fancy light" and it is more like an O-P!!!! 
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« Reply #3 on: May 19, 2011, 06:29:22 AM »
I'm going to go the other way - on my monitor, it looks O-P too, with a lovely warmth to the stone (nice cut, btw).

I'm going to guess they called it a K (or even a J if it was generosity day...) Grin
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« Reply #4 on: May 19, 2011, 06:51:40 AM »
I am going to guess like Jen.  I wouldn't be shocked if they tried to pass this off as a J or something like that
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« Reply #5 on: May 19, 2011, 06:57:52 AM »
H/SI1
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« Reply #6 on: May 19, 2011, 07:19:32 AM »
I say J as well.... but i think it looks like an S-T ... what did I win?  Grin a free trip to NY NY with a stay in the Waldorf Astoria and the ring of my choice from DBL?  Evil
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« Reply #7 on: May 19, 2011, 08:26:55 AM »
H/VS1

difficult to say what it is
 it is like K/SI2
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« Reply #8 on: May 19, 2011, 08:38:03 AM »
I forgot to say I bet they'd grade it as a VS1 as well.  Should probably be Q-R SI1.
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« Reply #9 on: May 19, 2011, 10:22:28 AM »
Fancy yellow? That is a gorgeous diamond. Size?
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« Reply #10 on: May 19, 2011, 01:48:18 PM »
I so agree that this stone is gorgeous!!  I'd love to know more about it!
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« Reply #11 on: May 19, 2011, 02:59:15 PM »
Very pretty stone. I'm with OMC at an H or I.  Cant' begin to hit clarity on my tiny screen.  Lovely warmth at M-N for real.
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« Reply #12 on: May 22, 2011, 08:19:43 PM »
These guys should be ashamed of themselves...


Here's the 2.03 next to a 2.01ct I/SI1 GIA graded Princess cut
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« Reply #13 on: May 22, 2011, 08:22:23 PM »
BTW- the bottom line here is that I love the stone- the price is very right.
I frirst graded the stone SI1, but I've revised my clarity grade down to SI2- but a very good SI2.

We can use it as an example of how far off some non GIA grading is- but that does not mean there's anything wrong with the stone itself.
ITEM #: R4025
Cushion Cut Diamond, Loose

  WEIGHT: 2.03ct
  SHAPE: Cushion Cut
  COLOR: S-T
  CLARITY: SI2
  MEASUREMENTS: 8.18 x 7.11 x 4.21 mm
  TOTAL DEPTH: 59.2%
  TABLE SIZE: 60%

Price: $8395
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« Reply #14 on: May 22, 2011, 08:26:30 PM »
What do you think it really is?  Looks like somewhere around ST or UV on my monitor.
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« Reply #15 on: May 22, 2011, 08:29:32 PM »
Great guess Shiba- I'm sure you did not see what I write above.
I graded it S-T in color- but I try to err on the conservative side in these cases.
it might be a U-V.
Hard to say.
GIA might go O-P for all we know!
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« Reply #16 on: May 22, 2011, 08:30:13 PM »
WOW!  These last photos show the color more and I would've guessed S-T or U-V with those.  I shouldn't be shocked at all, but this is about the worst grading I have ever seen out of them.
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« Reply #17 on: May 22, 2011, 08:38:54 PM »
haha, no I must have not refreshed my screen.  It will be interesting to see what GIA says.
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« Reply #18 on: May 22, 2011, 09:14:51 PM »
that's hilarious!  all the more reason I feel bad for people who just aren't educated enough to know the difference.  very nice stone btw, even better to know what it really is!  are you going to send it to gia to find out for sure?
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« Reply #19 on: May 22, 2011, 09:22:40 PM »
It was hard to tell color with the close up first photo, but in the photo with the princess cut, the color is evident and I would have called it S-T ish as well.  It is a nice diamond.  PS - could use that report as cage liner for my lovebirds.
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« Reply #20 on: May 22, 2011, 10:47:50 PM »
WHA-AAATT, no one ever thinks of Q-R? Poor, forgotten, unloved Q-R...  crybaby2
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« Reply #21 on: May 23, 2011, 03:42:03 AM »
Quote from: DiamondsAreForever on May 22, 2011, 09:22:40 PM
It was hard to tell color with the close up first photo, but in the photo with the princess cut, the color is evident and I would have called it S-T ish as well.  It is a nice diamond.  PS - could use that report as cage liner for my lovebirds.

I'm afraid you can't. It's plastified, so it won't even serve that purpose.

Well - O-P would "only" be 6 (or 7, if the range counts as 2 grades) off. And S-T would be 8 (or 11). Which is about half the scale. So, in fact, I think I have an easier grading procedure for EGL. Lighter stone = H. Darker stone = O-P (or S-T if ranges count as two grades). This way the error will on never be larger than with this stone...
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« Reply #22 on: May 23, 2011, 05:30:19 AM »
Sometimes being the "glass half empty" kinda chick that I am, is there any chance that someone found a certificate that matches the proportions of this diamond?  I'm just wonderin'. dontknow

...or, someone's master diamond set is, uh, dirty (see bottom of cert).
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« Reply #23 on: May 23, 2011, 05:35:18 AM »
Or just not used...
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« Reply #24 on: May 23, 2011, 11:04:58 AM »
Is that an actual report or did someone fake the cert to try to get more money?  scared

(bad joke?)
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